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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990.05.16 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES1 MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING 5/16/90 State of Idaho) County of Madison(ss City of Rexburg) Present were the following: Mayor: Councilmembers: City Clerk: Treasurer: Attorney: Farrell Young was out of town and excused. RE: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Nile Boyle Brad Liljenquist Glen Pond Nyle Fullmer Darlene Blackburn Bruce Sutherland Rose Bagley Richard Horner J. D. Hancock Pledge of Allegiance was lead by Val District. A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer and seconded by Bruce Sutherland. All Aye. RE: CUL-DE-SAC J. D. Hancock introduced Ordinance 708 amending the Subdivision Ordinance. This will change the cul-de-sac requirements from a 75' radius to a 50' radius. ORDINANCE NO. 708 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3, SECTION 3,2, SUBPARAGRAPH 5, OF ORDINANCE NO. 658, CHANGING THE RADIUS OF CUL-DE-SAC STREETS IN SUBDIVISIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF REXBURG, IDAHO, AND PROVIDING WHEN SAID ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT. A motion was made by Councilman Glen Pond and seconded by Councilman Bruce Sutherland that the rules requiring an ordinance of a general and permanent nature to be read on three occasions be dispensed with and that said ordinance be numbered 708. Those voting aye: Brad Liljenquist Glen Pond Nyle Fullmer Darlene Blackburn Bruce Sutherland Those voting nay: none RE: ORDINANCE 708 WAS PASSED Ordinance 708 was then placed before the council. The mayor then called for the voting for final passage of the ordinance, and the motion was made by Bruce Sutherland and seconded by Glen Pond that ordinance 708 be passed. Those voting aye: Those voting nay: Darlene Blackburn Glen Pond Brad Liljenquist Bruce Sutherland Nyle Fullmer none The roll showed all councilmen present voting "Aye" carried, the mayor declared that the majority of all the members of the city council had voted for the passage of said ordinance, and that said ordinance was duly and regularly passed. Mayor Boyle declared the motion carried. RE: FIREWORKS PERMIT FOR PORTERS The mayor read an application for a fireworks permit for Porters Book and Variety. A motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Darlene Blackburn to approve the fireworks permit for Porters. All Aye. RE: CENTENNIAL FLOAT IN THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE We have a request from the Chamber of Commerce to put a Centennial float in the 4th of July parade. We have checked with Rigby and St. Anthony to see if they would go in with us on a float. They could use it for their parades and we could use it for ours. St Anthony did not want to go in with us. Rigby said they would like to go in with us depending on the cost. The council was concerned about the cost to build a nice float. Glen Pond had a question about using public funds for a float. The mayor felt we couldn't spend more than $200. Glen Pond said the city provides a lot at a parade in service. A motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Nyle Fullmer to have Bruce Sutherland be in charge of a committee to check into a float. All Aye RE: PARKING LOT AT PORTER PARK Mayor Boyle stated we need to make a decision about the Parking Lot at Porter Park. We had a petition about the Parking Lot at the last meeting. We put two hour parking on both sides of that street. The Mayor had three of the people who live on the south side of Second South request that side of not be posted for two hour parking because of visitors they have. The council discussed it. A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer and seconded by Glen Pond to take the signs down on the south side of 2nd South. All Aye. RE: PARKING LOT AT PORTER PARK The council discussed the parking lot. The petition said the neighbors wanted the parking lot black topped. The mayor said if we buy the property we couldn't black top it this year. We could black top it next year. The council decided to table it for this year. The mayor stated that we still have the grant from American Potato for improvements at the pool. There was a suggestion to put a bubble over the pool and the cost. Possible the service clubs and Fergusons would donate to it. Richard Horner suggested that we see if we could use it for the Carousel. RE: PROBLEM WITH THE STREET SIGNALS The mayor told the council that we have had problems with the street signals not be coordinated, so you could drive through town without stopping. The state department of transportation is fixing the one at Main and Center. Next year they will fix the one at Second West and Main at a cost of $100,000. Until it is all done, they cannot coordinate it. We are helping them by furnishing one employee to help them. The mayor officially told the council that the FEMA loan had been canceled. Richard Horner said we had some money in the Debt Service Fund for it. The council ask where that money went now. Richard said he would have to research to see what we can do with it. The mayor told them if we spent it this year, we would have to open up the budget. RE: PERMIT ISSUED TO ROBERT D. GERRIE M. D. 8:00 p. m. Public Hearing on the Frank Bell property at 355 East Second North. The request is for Robert D. Gerrie, M. D. of 360 East Main, Rexburg Idaho for a special use permit for limited commercial usage. The property is now zoned R2. This permit would be issued to Robert D. Gerrie, M. D. for the purpose of constructing a medical office building and parking lot pursuant to the plans and specifications submitted to the Rexburg City Council on May 2, and May 16, 1990. If the commercial use for which this permit is issued changes, or ownership of the business or property changes, a new permit must be acquired for the new use, following the same procedure as for the original permit pursuant to the terms and conditions of Rexburg City Zoning Ordinance No. 478. Glen Pond excused himself because his property is within 300 feet of the property to be discussed. RE: MEDICAL BUILDING Val Dietrich from Century 21 representing Frank Bell. He requested the zoning be changed to allow a medical building to be built by Dr Gerrie. (showed the plans) The parking will be on the east side of the building. RE: MEDICAL BUILDING Dr Lane Ward, owner of the property next to the property in question. He had a couple of concerns in terms of protection for his property. (1) He had talked to an appraiser who said it would decrease the value of his property. He thought we had worked through most of it putting the parking on the east, so he was not too concerned about that anymore. (2) What about developing the rest of the property with a larger office or if someone else comes in there, can they increase the size of what is there or change it around without coming back to the council. The mayor ask how much property this building would take up. Val said it would be taking up about 1/2 of the property. Brad Liljenquist ask if the doctor would have to build a fence as a buffer along his property. The mayor said there is a lot of room between the office and Dr Ward's house. Dr Ward ask if we could limit the building if it changes hands. The mayor told him the council could make that stipulation. Dr Ward told them he would not have any objection if that stipulation was made. Brad Liljenquist ask Dr. Ward if he wanted a fence between them. Dr Ward said if the building is going to be 80' to 100' away then it would be okay. Nyle Fullmer questioned the long term effect of restricting the size of the building. The mayor told him that was stated in the ordinance about the restrictions on Limited Commercial. Val Dietrich said Dr Gerrie would landscape the yard and make it look nice. He did not want to distract from the neighborhood. Bruce Sutherland stated that to the west it should be put into grass and have scrubs. The council stated that Dr Gerrie should put a sidewalk in front of his office, joining the one the Medical Center has in front of their office. Between the sidewalk and the street their should be a buffer with grass to blend in with the neighborhood. RE: APPROVED TO GRANT SPECIAL PERMIT FOR DR. ROBERT D. GERRIE A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer grant a special use permit for limited commercial usage to Dr. Robert D. Gerrie for the property at 355 East Second North. This would be granted for the purpose of constructing a medical office building and parking lot pursuant to the plans and specifications submitted. If the commercial use for which this permit changes, a new permit must be acquired for the new use. It will be landscaped with a sidewalk in front of the office. Seconded by Darlene Blackburn. All Aye. RE: PARKING AT MEDICAL MART The mayor discussed the parking in front of the Medical Mart on College Avenue. They have to make deliveries of oxygen and other things. They are building a building across from Adams School. They have a problem because they get a ticket when they park long enough to load for deliveries. Now they just load out in the street and blocks one lane of traffic. The council questioned why they don't park out in the back. The mayor stated that they can't get the oxygen out the back door. They also need two handicapped parking places on College Avenue, because there is so many handicapped people coming to their business and also to see Hank Ashby. There are old people and handicapped coming in who park in the handicapped zone who don't have a handicapped license plate so they get a ticket. Nyle Fullmer suggested that we deal with those people on a one to one basis for the next few months. The council felt that we couldn't allow them parking places for loading. Glen Pond suggested that they remodel their back door for deliveries. RE: APPROVE BILLS A motion was made by Brad Liljenquist and and seconded by Bruce Sutherland to approve the bills. All Aye RE: ADJOURNMENT Meeting Adjourned RE: PIGS ON THE NELSON PROPERTY Executive Session: The council discussed the pig situation on the Nelson property. Glen Pond stated that Zarell does not own the property. We will also be taking away his livelihood. He suggested that we write a letter giving him 90 days to remove the pigs, so he could sell them and recover his money. The council felt that was too long and advised the attorney to write him a letter giving him until August 1 to remove the pigs. City C erk, Rose ,,a 1 n� Z2�VL' -- Mayor, Agle L. Boyl ti